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Displaying 93 Finding Aids
Title
- Documents supporting orders for cancellation of tax sales
Series Number
- B0929
Summary
- This series consists of affidavits stating the grounds for cancellation of a Comptroller's tax sale. Grounds for cancellation were prior payment of taxes, erroneous tax assessment, or occupancy of the premises sold. The affidavits of occupancy include descriptions of farming or lumbering on the parcel sold. From the 1880's on the series also includes applications for cancellation of a tax sale and Comptroller's orders for cancellation.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Proceedings of the county board of supervisors and tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4482
Creator
- Orange (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Notices to and from mortgagees of lands sold for taxes
Series Number
- B0935
Summary
- This series tracks the State's requirement to give mortgagees notice before lands sold for unpaid taxes are conveyed to purchasers. Volume 1 lists year of sale; name of tract, patent, or identifying information; when notice was served and filed; and sometimes redemption notes. Volume 2 records summary information from mortgagees claiming an interest in the property sold. Information includes filing date; mortgagor and mortgagee; mortgage date; amount claimed; location and address of land; description of land; and person claiming notice.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Warrants to sheriff of Ulster County to levy arrears of taxes
Series Number
- A0969
Summary
- This series consists of copies of warrants issued by the Ulster County Treasurer, commanding the sheriff to levy arrears of taxes on lands and chattels of collectors of taxes in the various precincts of the county, and to imprison them unless the taxes were paid. Each warrant gives the sum of taxes due from the collector. There is also a letter of transmittal from Christopher Tappen, County Treasurer, to the State Treasurer.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Wawarsing records
Series Number
- A4528
Summary
- Microfilmed records include town clerk's record and minute books; register of chattel mortgages; highway and fiscal records; justice docket book; minors' work certificates issued by town board of health; register of town residents naturalized; register of school district officers; record of school money (state aid) apportionment; a highway money day book; and tax assessment rolls. Other records microfilmed are building permits and file maps and two issues of <emph render="italic">The Ellenville Journal</emph> from 1864.
Creator
- Wawarsing (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Poughkeepsie City School District Business Department tax assessment rolls and board of education minutes and hearing proceedings
Series Number
- A4476
Creator
- Poughkeepsie City School District (N.Y.). Business Department
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Applications to redeem property from tax sales
Series Number
- B0847
Summary
- This series contains applications by occupants or mortgagees of non-resident lands sold for unpaid taxes, seeking to redeem lands from sale upon payment of taxes. Most documents are affidavits of occupancy, giving detailed information on how long the occupant occupied the land and its use (usually farming or lumbering). Also included are affidavits of mortgagees stating why they are interested in the property. Documents provide county and a description of the lands redeemed.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Department of Taxation and Finance lists of state lands
Series Number
- B0987
Summary
- This series consists of lists of land acquired by the state at comptroller's tax sales. Most of the lots are within the Adirondack Forest Preserve. Information usually includes a description of the parcel acreage; date of sale; source of acquisition; person to whom the parcel was sold; and (sometimes) redemption or cancellation of sale. These lists may have been used as hearing or trial exhibits.
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Incoming correspondence regarding state franchise tax
Series Number
- A0931
Summary
- This series consists of letters to the State Comptroller concerning the State Franchise Tax on capital stock of corporations. There are also unarranged remittance vouchers from corporations.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Guilderland tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4612
Creator
- Guilderland (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Registers of arrears of taxes
Series Number
- B0951
Summary
- This series consists of registers recording accounts of taxes remaining unpaid for specific years. Information includes names of county, town, or tract; owner(s); description of the property; amount of tax due; date of payment; by who paid; and amount of payment.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- New York State Comptroller's Office tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold
Series Number
- B0945
Summary
- This series consists of tax sale notices to occupants of lands sold and summary information derived from tax sale notices. Notices record name of occupant, date of tax sale, location of premises sold, purchase price, and date of conveyance. Bound volumes in accretion B0945-99 provide summary information taken from the original notices found in accretions B0945-85 and B0945-99A.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Greenburgh town and village records
Series Number
- A4596
Summary
- Microfilmed records include town clerk's record and minute books, planning board minutes, and zoning board of appeals minutes. Also included are tax assessment rolls for the Town of Greenburgh which contain real property, special franchise, and school tax district information for the villages of Ardsley, Dobs Ferry, Elmsford, Hastings-on Hudson, and Irvington.
Creator
- Greenburgh (N.Y. : Town)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Department of Taxation and Finance Commissioner's speeches
Series Number
- 19337
Summary
- This series consists of copies of speeches delivered by Commissioners Joseph H. Murphy and Norman Gallman to various economic and political groups, associations, and executive institutes. It also contains copies of speeches of Commissioners Roderick G. W. Chu (1983-1988), James W. Wetzler (1988-1994), and Michael H. Urbach (1995-1999).
Creator
- New York (State). Department of Taxation and Finance. Commissioner's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Washington County county, town, and village records
Series Number
- A4636
Creator
- Washington (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Carmel Central School District assessment rolls and board of education meeting minutes
Series Number
- A4557
Creator
- Carmel Central School District (N.Y.)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Delaware County tax assessment rolls
Series Number
- A4637
Creator
- Delaware (N.Y. : County)
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.
Title
- Tax assessment rolls for Union Free School District No. 1, Town of Ossining, Westchester County
Series Number
- B0960
Summary
- This series consists of transcriptions of the original tax roll for Union Free School District No. 1, Town of Ossining, Westchester County. The state land involved was Sing Sing Prison. The rolls provide names of taxable residents (by street) and non-residents, type of property (house, store, etc.), acreage and full-assessed valuation. The territory of Union School District No. 1 included the village of Ossining and Briarcliff Manor, and portions of the town of Ossining.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes
Series Number
- B0974
Summary
- This series consists of accounts of adjusted estate transfer taxes. Each entry gives name of decedent, amount of tax under old law, amount of tax under new law, total amount due, and loss or gain to state. Entries are grouped under county name.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.
Title
- Tax assessment rolls for Town of Gravesend, Kings County
Series Number
- B0958
Summary
- This series consists of complete tax assessment rolls for the town of Gravesend, Kings County. These records were probably acquired by the Comptroller's Office in connection with sales of lands of non-residents for unpaid taxes. Each entry on a roll provides the name of the taxable, assessed valuation, and the amount of tax. The rolls are contemporary copies, not originals.
Creator
- New York (State). Comptroller's Office
Access Restrictions
- There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.